Strategy Analyst at eRecruiter Nigeria

About the Ideal candidate for the role.

• You aspire to develop strong critical thinking skills and problem-solving capabilities that provide a solid foundation for you to become a valuable actor in the global knowledge economy.
• You are interested in putting your skills, energy, and passion to use in working with private, public, and social sector actors on key development challenges facing Africa – especially strengthening her ability to discover and apply solutions through research and innovation.
• You are a disciplined, committed and self-motivated professional, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and have (or desire to have), valuable exposure to practices and norms at a leading global management consultancy.

What You Will Do and How You Will Grow

• Be at the front line of our research, analysis, and presentation for all the work we do for our clients – and in the process develop deep data-driven knowledge on a vast range of important topics, across sectors and geographies. A few examples of work done by our Analysts include:
• Used a set of indicators and publicly available data to analyze capacity for undertaking health research across 200+ countries and develop a global map of research capacity, as part of efforts to advise leading global funders of health research on where to target investments in research capacity strengthening.
• Combined proxy data around a set of business viability indicators to undertake an assessment of the current performance of a fin-tech startup as part of due diligence analysis on behalf of prospective early-stage investors.
• Think critically and creatively to develop insights based on their findings from the research process – thereby growing their expertise as structured thinkers and problem solvers.
• Analysts can work on a wide range of projects through which they build for themselves a solid foundation for the future advancement of their professional career in any chosen sector or discipline.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with an excellent academic record from a top university
• Valuable exposure to practices and norms at a leading global management consultancy, or having a similar knowledge-based private sector experience (through internships, volunteerism, course work, or other experience)
• Strong analytical abilities, both quantitative and qualitative, and familiarity/competence with the use of tools for quantitative and qualitative analysis, including MS Excel (experience with financial analysis a plus)
• Ability to present information in an insightful and structured manner, both written and oral, and proficiency with the use of MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team
• Understands, and has an emerging personal perspective on development issues on the continent such as public health policy, employment and job creation, or research capacity strengthening
• Fluent with English speaking and business writing skill